Greco Fa67 175 Neck Specs
I have my eye on a 77 Greco LP Custom copy.The seller says it's a EG1000 with a chambered mahogany body (8.2 pounds) maple cap, dark rosewood board, stock pickups, medium profile neck (well said it's not a baseball bat) frets about 50%. Good condition judging by pics.no breaks.My general question is, are Greco's good guitars and do the compare to the real thing?? And specifically, what are the late 70's ones like??
Can anybody offer any info on neck profile ( I definately don't want a slim 60's profile, but medium is ok and the bigger the better.I suppose I could save up for the real thing, but finding one under 9 pounds is near impossible and it will cost nearly 4x as much as the GrecoAny info appreciated. Greco guitars are generally about equal in quality to Gibsons of that era.In my (limited) experience with Japanese lawsuit guitars, Tokai is probably the top shelf. Yamaha and Ibanez are next (but very close). All of them are as good as or better than Gibsons of the late-'70s to early-'80s.I don't know if these count as 'lawsuit' guitars, but in the '80s ESP took over as the king of Japanese makers. Fernandes was a close second.
Some of their custom-shop stuff was staggering.I don't think you can go wrong with any of these brands. I have an EG 450 from the late 70s. The specs say sycamore top & mahogany body. I think it's a pressed top and a fully chambered sappele body. Weighs 7,5 lbs. It has a great long tenon joint, very nice dark rosewood fretboard and the fretwork is superb. The neck is on the slim side but thicker than Gibson's 60s profile.
The pots & switches are ALPHA and they are top class. It's actually my first Les Paul where all the stock pots were actually 500kΩ. The pickups were non original so I can't comment on those.The hardware (bridge, tailpiece, tuners) are cheap stuff that have to be replaced as they don't do justice to the guitar. The specs are way off if you are looking for the traditional thick maple cap/lightweight solid mahogany/between 8,5-9,5 lbs Les Paul Standard. But they are actually very close if you consider the Custom Shop Memphis Les Paul!The sound is somewhere between a Les Paul and a Semi-Hollow.
It has a softer attack. Although bassier than a Historic, It hasn 't got the 'boxiness' of some Gibson LP Standards or ES-339s that I 've played. It's so well built that even though it's so lightweight, it sustains like any good LP with the right set up. A nice boutique A5 set is great on these. (If you go A2s they will soften the attack even more, not a good thing IMHO).Mine gets played/recorded whenever I 'm looking for an ES-335 sound and does this exceptionally well. I have LPs which have more of the traditional LP sound.
Overall it's a great playing and sounding instrument. But I don't know if the specs will appeal to the traditionalists. I have an EG 450 from the late 70s. The specs say sycamore top & mahogany body. I think it's a pressed top and a fully chambered sappele body. Weighs 7,5 lbs. It has a great long tenon joint, very nice dark rosewood fretboard and the fretwork is superb.
The neck is on the slim side but thicker than Gibson's 60s profile. The pots & switches are ALPHA and they are top class. It's actually my first Les Paul where all the stock pots were actually 500kΩ. The pickups were non original so I can't comment on those.The hardware (bridge, tailpiece, tuners) are cheap stuff that have to be replaced as they don't do justice to the guitar. The specs are way off if you are looking for the traditional thick maple cap/lightweight solid mahogany/between 8,5-9,5 lbs Les Paul Standard. But they are actually very close if you consider the Custom Shop Memphis Les Paul!The sound is somewhere between a Les Paul and a Semi-Hollow. It has a softer attack.
Greco Fa67 175 Neck Specs And Price
Although bassier than a Historic, It hasn 't got the 'boxiness' of some Gibson LP Standards or ES-339s that I 've played. It's so well built that even though it's so lightweight, it sustains like any good LP with the right set up. A nice boutique A5 set is great on these.
Greco Fa67 175 Neck Specs Reviews
(If you go A2s they will soften the attack even more, not a good thing IMHO).Mine gets played/recorded whenever I 'm looking for an ES-335 sound and does this exceptionally well. I have LPs which have more of the traditional LP sound. Overall it's a great playing and sounding instrument. But I don't know if the specs will appeal to the traditionalists. Click to expand.I think that EG1000 should be comparable to late 70s customs. Same pancake body and three piece maple neck, though the body wood seems to be sappele and not mahogany.A very different instrument from my EG450. I can't really comment since I haven't played one but I suspect that if it's not weight relieved, it could be quite heavy.
Sappele is usually heavier than mahogany! I think that like the Norlin's 70s customs it would make a great metal or heavy rock guitar with the right pickups. Pickups & hardware should be probably changed.
Click to expand.If everytime you'll look at the headstock you wish it was a Gibson then better wait for a Gibson, they have made LP's for decades and you will find the one you want. Personally I like LP's, Explorers etc, I don't care who makes them as long as they make em to the specs I like. The Japanese have been making great guitars and the current ones are at the same or higher level with the 70's & 80's models.There is a whole category in the MLP forum dedicated to MIJ guitars with people who know them in detail, they can answer every question of yours.